IP Library Granted Patent US 12,661,036
Granted Patent B2
US 12,661,036 · App. 18/066,423 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Detection device

Inventors: Yuta Haga (Tokyo, JP); Ayato Kitamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
A61B5/1455
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,661,036
App. No.
18/066,423
Filed
Dec 15, 2022
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3791
USPC
600/310
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor having a detection area divided into a plurality of partial detection areas; and a detector configured to extract, from among the partial detection areas, one or more partial detection areas in each of which a signal strength of data satisfying a predetermined condition is acquired, and acquire biometric data on an object to be detected based on detection signals detected in a biometric data acquisition area including the extracted one or more partial detection areas.

Claims (30)

1 . A detection device comprising:

a sensor having a detection area divided into a plurality of partial detection areas; and

a detector configured to:

extract, from among the partial detection areas, one or more partial detection areas in each of which a signal strength of data satisfying a predetermined condition is acquired;

acquire biometric data on an object to be detected based on detection signals detected in a biometric data acquisition area including the extracted one or more partial detection areas;

perform peak detection processing on the data acquired in each of the partial detection areas within a predetermined period; and

regard a value obtained by dividing an accumulated value of peak values detected within the period by the number of times of detection of the peak, as the signal strength in each of the partial detection areas.

2 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to extract one or more partial detection areas in which the signal strength of the data that is the largest is acquired, from among the partial detection areas.

3 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to

generate frequency-domain data for each of the partial detection areas, and

regard a peak value of the frequency-domain data within a predetermined frequency range as the signal strength in each of the partial detection areas.

4 . The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein the detector is configured to regard a peak value of the frequency-domain data within a frequency range equal to or higher than 0.5 Hz and lower than 3 Hz as the signal strength in each of the partial detection areas.

5 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to perform the peak detection processing on data after being subjected to slope sum function (SSF) processing in each of the partial detection areas.

6 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a plurality of optical sensors provided in the respective partial detection areas.

7 . The detection device according to claim 6 , wherein the optical sensors are organic photodiodes.

8 . A detection device comprising

a sensor having a detection area divided into a plurality of partial detection areas; and

a detector configured to:

extract, from among the partial detection areas, one or more partial detection areas in each of which a signal strength of data satisfying a predetermined condition is acquired;

acquire biometric data on an object to be detected based on detection signals detected in a biometric data acquisition area including the extracted one or more partial detection areas, wherein

the partial detection areas are provided in a matrix having a row-column configuration in the detection area, and

the detector is configured to:

extract coordinates of a position of a partial detection area in which the signal strength is maximal by performing comparison operations on the signal strengths in the respective partial detection areas; and

set a predetermined area including the extracted coordinates serving as center coordinates of the predetermined area as the biometric data acquisition area.

9 . The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the biometric data acquisition area includes at least the partial detection area located at the center coordinates.

10 . The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the biometric data acquisition area includes more than one partial detection area including the partial detection area located at the center coordinates.

11 . The detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the biometric data acquisition area includes three columns and three rows of the partial detection areas centered on the partial detection area located at the center coordinates.

12 . The detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the biometric data acquisition area includes five columns and five rows of the partial detection areas centered on the partial detection area located at the center coordinates.

13 . The detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the biometric data acquisition area includes seven columns and seven rows of the partial detection areas centered on the partial detection area located at the center coordinates.

14 . The detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the detector is configured to acquire the biometric data by averaging the detection signals output from the partial detection areas in the biometric data acquisition area.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2022
From: HAGA, YUTA; KITAMURA, AYATO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 062102/0571 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-209992 · Dec 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230200690A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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